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  • You Can’t Buy Simplicity

    You Can’t Buy Simplicity0

    Today’s simplicity movements are ostensibly a reaction against materialism. However, they can easily slip into materialism themselves. That’s the point David Brooks makes in his latest column for the New York Times entitled “The Evolution of Simplicity”: “One of the troublesome things about today’s simplicity movements is that they are often just alternate forms of

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  • You Can Work for the Bernie 2020 Campaign, but Don’t Expect Health Insurance

    You Can Work for the Bernie 2020 Campaign, but Don’t Expect Health Insurance0

    Polls show that presidential candidate Bernie Sanders enjoys great appeal among young voters. No Health Insurance for Interns A Harvard-Harris poll conducted in January found that the Vermont senator’s strongest support comes from the 18-34 demographic, where he was favored by nearly one-third (29 percent) of prospective Democratic and independent voters. Sanders’s closest rivals in

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  • You Can Trust The Polls in 2018, If You Read Them Carefully

    You Can Trust The Polls in 2018, If You Read Them Carefully0

    On the morning of Nov. 8, 2016, many Americans went to bed confident that Hillary Clinton would be elected the nation’s first female president. Their confidence was driven, in no small part, by a pervasive message that Clinton was ahead in the polls and forecasts leading up to the election. Polling aggregation sites, such as

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  • You Can Judge a School by Its Book List

    You Can Judge a School by Its Book List2

    How can parents determine where their child will learn the most and become a well-rounded and knowledgeable citizen? Writing in the early 20th century, British educator and author Charlotte Mason left us with a simple and sound answer to this question: examine school book lists. “Most of us can get into touch with original minds

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  • You Can Do Better Than a Beach Read

    You Can Do Better Than a Beach Read0

    “But the fountain sprang up and the bird sang down Redeem the time, redeem the dream The token of the word unheard, unspoken” – T. S. Eliot, “Ash Wednesday” In his poem “Ash Wednesday,” T. S. Eliot famously borrows the language of St. Paul in order to image the paradoxes of faith. “For you were once

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  • You Are Who You Eat With

    You Are Who You Eat With0

    Why do we make food? The obvious answer is so we can have food fights. Joking aside, when I reflect on my experience with the culinary arts – whether carefully crafting Buche de Noel for Christmas or whiling away a summer afternoon making flakey scones – food is ultimately about people and community. Yet it

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